3 new COVID-19 cases detected in Regions 2, 4

A mere three new COVID-19 cases were detected within a 24-hour period from some 395 tests conducted.
This now takes the total number of confirmed cases in Guyana to 63,416, according to Sunday’s updated COVID-19 dashboard.
However, only 83 of these are currently active cases including one patient in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and the remaining 82 persons in isolation, that is, two in institutional isolation and the remaining 80 persons in home isolation.
Another 13 persons in institutional quarantine.
The COVID-19 death toll in the country remains at 1228 with the last fatality recovered since April 13 when a 76-year-old male from Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara) died. He was fully vaccinated.
To date, some 62,105 persons have recovered after contracting the life-threatening disease – 13 more recoveries than the figure reported the previous day.
Meanwhile, since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in Guyana over two years ago, a total 591,033 tests have been conducted countrywide and of this, some 29,189 males and 34,227 females were found to be positive.
Of the three new cases recorded on Sunday, one was from Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) and the other two cases from Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica).
There were no new cases in the other eight regions across the country within the reporting 24-hour period.
This declining trend in COVID-19 cases has resulted in the Guyana Government last month removing most restrictions as the country moves to recover from the pandemic and return to normalcy.
But while mandates such as masking in public and social distancing are no longer in place, health authorities are still encouraging persons to get vaccinated, and for those who are qualified to get their booster shots, in order to add a layer of protection against the virus.
Latest figures show that so far, more than 439,616 or 85.7 per cent of adults have taken a first dose and of that amount, some 338,785 or 66 per cent of persons 18 years and over are fully vaccinated.
For adolescents between the ages of 12 and 17, approximately 34,475 or 47.3 per cent of them have received their first dose, while some 25,217 or 34.6 per cent of them are fully immunised.
In addition, in excess of 61,347 persons have returned for their booster shots thus far.
According to the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) recent figures, some 505,817,953 confirmed cases were reported globally along with 6,213,876 deaths.
In the Region of the Americas, that is, Latin America and the Caribbean, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has increased to 152,265,980 while the death toll in the region has gone up to 2,717,108.
As it relates to vaccination against COVID-19, the WHO also reported that a total of 11,324,805,837 doses have been administered worldwide. (G8)